Tailored to the CCSLC syllabus, this is an activity-based textbook designed to address the needs of students studying for CCSLC Integrated Science across the Caribbean by placing it in a real world and relevant context. It provides ample material to tackle the teaching and learning philosophy of CCSLC and provides additional support for examination preparation.

The technology revolution has made it critical for all children to understand science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) or risk being left behind. Promising Practices for Engaging Families in STEM Learning explores how families, schools, and communities can join together to promote student success in STEM by building organized and equitable pathways for family engagement across all of the settings in which students learn - including, schools, early childhood programs, homes, libraries and museums -from the earliest years through adolescence. This thought-provoking monograph includes three main sections with chapters from leading thinkers in the field: The first section provides the theoretical and research base for the importance of family engagement in STEM and draws out the challenges and opportunities that exist- from the transmission of adults' anxiety and lack of confidence in their own STEM skills, to inequalities in out-of-school learning opportunities, to biases and misconceptions about the kinds of STEM supports offered by families from low-income and immigrant homes. The second section builds on this research by presenting success stories, best practices, and approaches to engaging families in STEM. The final section focuses on how policies at the local, state, and federal level can support the promotion of family engagement in STEM. Taken together, the monograph shows that STEM is a powerful mechanism to connect, engage, and empower families. STEM provides opportunities for parents and children to spend time together asking fun and meaningful questions that link in-and out-of-school learning. STEM creates new experiences for families to co-construct and support learning with their children from the earliest years throughout formal schooling and onto college and career pathways. STEM also presents possibilities for families to build confidence and agency in supporting children's interests; especially those families who might be marginalized because of their economic or language status, race, or culture.

Earth has many biomes. Each one has special features. Each one has its own plants and animals. Learn about biomes and the species that live in them. Read along and count down Earth's top five biomes. This full-color nonfiction reader will engage students in reading while introducing them to new vocabulary terms and concepts. Important text features include a glossary and a table of contents to develop students' comprehension and literacy skills. This book aligns with national and state standards and features exciting TIME For Kids content to keep grade 2 students engaged in learning.

This title has been endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education Encourage reflection and self-assessment with write-in workbooks, designed to provide learner support for the of the new Primary Science Framework, complete with space to record results, create tables and draw diagrams. - Stretch learner's knowledge with varied activities perfect for extra practice both in the classroom and at home. - Provide opportunities for composing and recording both short answers and extended written responses. - Reinforce understanding of every unit by practicing skills covered in the Learner's book.

Explore how volcanoes are formed and what causes an eruption in this engaging and fascinating nonfiction reader. Featuring bright, vivid photos, explanatory diagrams, informational text, and stimulating facts, this fascinating title engages readers in the scientific and natural causes behind volcanoes and their eruptions.

A fun, quirky science series that tackles the questions other books are afraid to ask! Can you hear sounds in space? Which animal has the best hearing? And just how fast is a supersonic plane? A Question of Science: Sound answers all these questions and much more. With an engaging question and answer format, these books draw kids into science in a fun way. Each book features one question per spread with a clear explanation to follow, diagrams and fun and humorous illustrations. The quirky questions are designed to range from those that children will often ask to things they may never have thought of, but will still be keen to know the answer to. Perfect reading for curious young scientists aged 8 and up. Other books in the series include: Why don't your eyeballs fall out? And other questions about the human body Why doesn't the Moon fall down? And other questions about forces How can a plant eat a fly? And other questions about plants Why does a mirror show things back to front? And other questions about light Where does lightning come from? And other questions about electricity Why can't penguins fly? And other questions about animals Why is ice slippery? And other questions about materials

Explore the history and physical details of our planet--including the atmospheric layers, the plates underground, and the solar system--in this engaging nonfiction reader that introduces early elementary readers to scientific ideas and concepts. Featuring bright images, supportive charts and diagrams, and lively text, children will be intrigued from cover to cover!

This edited volume explores diverse translanguaging practices in multilingual science classrooms in Hong Kong, Lebanon, Luxembourg, South Africa, Sweden and the United States. It presents novel opportunities for using students' home, first or minority languages as meaning-making tools in science education. It also invites to explore the use of language resources and other multimodal resources, such as gestures and body language. In addition, it discusses and problematizes contingent hindrances and obstacles that may arise from these practices within various contexts around the world. This includes reviewing different theoretical starting points that may be challenged by such an approach. These issues are explored from different perspectives and methodological focus, as well as in several educational contexts, including primary, middle, secondary levels, higher education, as well as in after-school programs for refugee teenagers. Within these contexts, the book highlights and shares a range of educational tools and activities in science education, such as teacher-led classroom-talk, language-focused teaching, teachers' use of meta-language, teachers' scaffolding strategies, small-group interactions, and computer-supported collaborative learning.

Fuel curiosity, spark imagination. Science Bug International is an exciting and comprehensive science programme that has been designed to make sure your children never stop asking questions about their world! This Workbook contains questions from the Topic Book plus additional questions to reinforce and extend learning. With full and comprehensive coverage of the skills and knowledge required for curriculum attainment, Science Bug International will help you to nurture and inspire your young scientist.

For years Grace's family have been wardens of the Griffin map, using its teleport technology to help people and fight crime across the land of Moreland. At thirteen, Grace is too young become a warden, but she longs to go on missions herself. After all, if her brother Bren can do it, why can't she? So when Grace finds herself alone with the map when a distress call comes in, she jumps at the chance to prove she's up to the task. But the map transports Grace to a remote village where nothing is quite as it seems. Has she landed right in the middle of a treacherous scheme?

Inspire a new generation of capable and curious scientists. This book will help build pupils' understanding through clear explanations, practicals and skills-based activities, ensuring that they're ready for the next step in their learning and promoting a sense of cynefin through examples and contexts from all around Wales. - Improve working scientifically skills and prepare students for future lab work with practical skills and suggested activities highlighted throughout - Guide pupils through the trickier maths and literacy skills with key term definitions and worked examples with step-by-step solutions - Support a holistic approach with links between the 'what matters' statements in the Science and Technology Area of Learning and Experience (AoLE) - Boost progress using summaries to recap prior knowledge, alongside 'Check your understanding' questions to embed understanding - Develop pupils' curiosity and interest in science with historical context and examples, including many from across Wales

Fuel curiosity, spark imagination. Science Bug International is an exciting and comprehensive science programme that has been designed to make sure your children never stop asking questions about their world! This Workbook contains questions from the Topic Book plus additional questions to reinforce and extend learning. With full and comprehensive coverage of the skills and knowledge required for curriculum attainment, Science Bug International will help you to nurture and inspire your young scientist.

On 10 April 1912, RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York. This “Ship of Dreams” was the largest and most luxurious ocean liner in the world. It was claimed she was unsinkable. But four days later, when the ship struck an iceberg, the loss of Titanic and over 1,500 passengers would become one of the most infamous maritime disasters in history.

In this fact-filled retelling of its construction and doomed maiden voyage, David Long brings Titanic’s tragic tale to life.

Beyond Science Standards capture a vision of science education both whimsical and serious. Ranging across examples from elementary to university level classrooms and grounded in philosophy and history, the stories address dimensions beyond the realm of bureaucratic standards. Its thesis brings into question the premise of scientific unity and its representation in school as notions of method, process, nature, and practice. Schools, no less than the sciences, profit from playful exploration-of musical instruments in fourth grade physical science, for example, and hotel lobby decorative rock in a college geology course. Aesthetic expression permeates geologic interpretation and evolutionary insight-in depicting dentition, for instance, in the history of the horse family and linking this history to changing landscapes. Participating in collecting local, high altitude weather data enhances trust in climate science, especially when the observations benefit the local farming community. Allied with historical examples of the conduct of science, Beyond Science Standards offers the reader inspiring stories of science teaching, varying from place to place, time to time, discipline to discipline, and purpose to purpose.

Tells the story of Jonas Salk's involvement in the development of a polio vaccine. Written in graphic-novel format.